Tennant, Charles, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Tennant, Charles
- St Rollox Chemical Works
- Tharsis Sulphur & Copper Co Ltd
- United Alkali Co Ltd
- Tennant, Knox & Co
- Tennants & Co
- Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd
- Macintosh, Charles
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Basic chemicals production
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Extraction
Sulphur extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to Charles Tennant, 1768-1838, who in 1788 established a business producing bleaches for the textile industry. 1799 perfected production of bleaching powder and established St Rollox Chemical Works at Glasgow in order to produce it. Soon also produced sulphuric acid and other basic chemicals. By 1820s largest alkali works in UK. Business carried forward by his son and grandson and from 1815 known as Charles Tennant & Co. 1811 established Tennant, Knox & Co in London, from 1815 known as C Tennant & Co, bleaching powder manufacturers. Established works at Manchester in 1820s and also major works at Hebburn in 1860s. c1830 established a sales office at Liverpool, later known as Tennants & Co and incorporated in 1913 as Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd. Incorporated 1872. Developed a wide range of associated interests including sulphur mines in Sicily and Tharsis Sulphur & Copper Co Ltd operating in Spain. Tennant family also had many business interests unrelated to their chemical business. 1891 merged with others to form United Alkali Co Ltd. Thereafter the Tennant family remained influential in a wide range of Scottish business sectors
Publications:
- Broken Blood. The rise and fall of the Tennant family by Blow, Simon
- Catalogue of Pictures in the Tennant Gallery, 34 Queen Anne's Gate, SW by Unknown
- Centenary of the Alkali Industry, 1823-1923. One hundred years of scientific and industrial progress by Unknown
- 'Charles Tennant' in W Walker, Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year 1807-8 by Walker, William
- 'Chemical Glasgow and its entrepreneurs, 1760-1860' in L L Roberts & S Werrett (eds), Compound Histories - materials, governance and production, 1760-1840 by Christie, John R R
- Chemical Revolution. A contribution to social technology by Clow, Archibald, & Nan L Clow
- Early history of St Rollox Chemical works by Tennant, E W D
- Enterprise. An account of the activities and aims of the Tennant Group of Companies first established in 1797 by Unknown
- 'Glasgow' in J Burn, Commercial Enterprise and Social Progress or Gleanings in London, Sheffield, Glasgow and Dublin by Burn, J
- Mines of Tharsis. Roman, French and British enterprise in Spain by Checkland, S G
- One Hundred and Forty Years of the Tennant Companies, 1797-1937 by Tennant, E W D
- Short Account of the Tennant Companies, 1797-1922 by Tennant, E W D
- Sir Charles Tennant. Bleaching a fortune. The romance of the St Rollox Chemical Works' in Fortunes Made in Business. Life struggles of successful people by Unknown
- Sir Charles Tennant. His forebears and descendants by Tennant, Harold J
- St Rollox Chemical Works, 1799-1864 by Hume, John R
- 'St Rollox Chemical Works of Messrs Charles Tennant & Co' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Lancaster & Carlisle, Edinburgh & Glasgow, and Caledonian Railways by Measom, George
- Tennant's Stalk. The story of the Tennants of the Glen by Crathorne, Nancy, with Katharine Elliot & James Dugdale
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Tennant, Charles
- St Rollox Chemical Works
- Tharsis Sulphur & Copper Co Ltd
- United Alkali Co Ltd
- Tennant, Knox & Co
- Tennants & Co
- Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd
- Macintosh, Charles
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Basic chemicals production
- Extraction Sulphur extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to Charles Tennant, 1768-1838, who in 1788 established a business producing bleaches for the textile industry. 1799 perfected production of bleaching powder and established St Rollox Chemical Works at Glasgow in order to produce it. Soon also produced sulphuric acid and other basic chemicals. By 1820s largest alkali works in UK. Business carried forward by his son and grandson and from 1815 known as Charles Tennant & Co. 1811 established Tennant, Knox & Co in London, from 1815 known as C Tennant & Co, bleaching powder manufacturers. Established works at Manchester in 1820s and also major works at Hebburn in 1860s. c1830 established a sales office at Liverpool, later known as Tennants & Co and incorporated in 1913 as Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd. Incorporated 1872. Developed a wide range of associated interests including sulphur mines in Sicily and Tharsis Sulphur & Copper Co Ltd operating in Spain. Tennant family also had many business interests unrelated to their chemical business. 1891 merged with others to form United Alkali Co Ltd. Thereafter the Tennant family remained influential in a wide range of Scottish business sectorsPublications:
- Broken Blood. The rise and fall of the Tennant family by Blow, Simon
- Catalogue of Pictures in the Tennant Gallery, 34 Queen Anne's Gate, SW by Unknown
- Centenary of the Alkali Industry, 1823-1923. One hundred years of scientific and industrial progress by Unknown
- 'Charles Tennant' in W Walker, Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year 1807-8 by Walker, William
- 'Chemical Glasgow and its entrepreneurs, 1760-1860' in L L Roberts & S Werrett (eds), Compound Histories - materials, governance and production, 1760-1840 by Christie, John R R
- Chemical Revolution. A contribution to social technology by Clow, Archibald, & Nan L Clow
- Early history of St Rollox Chemical works by Tennant, E W D
- Enterprise. An account of the activities and aims of the Tennant Group of Companies first established in 1797 by Unknown
- 'Glasgow' in J Burn, Commercial Enterprise and Social Progress or Gleanings in London, Sheffield, Glasgow and Dublin by Burn, J
- Mines of Tharsis. Roman, French and British enterprise in Spain by Checkland, S G
- One Hundred and Forty Years of the Tennant Companies, 1797-1937 by Tennant, E W D
- Short Account of the Tennant Companies, 1797-1922 by Tennant, E W D
- Sir Charles Tennant. Bleaching a fortune. The romance of the St Rollox Chemical Works' in Fortunes Made in Business. Life struggles of successful people by Unknown
- Sir Charles Tennant. His forebears and descendants by Tennant, Harold J
- St Rollox Chemical Works, 1799-1864 by Hume, John R
- 'St Rollox Chemical Works of Messrs Charles Tennant & Co' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to the Lancaster & Carlisle, Edinburgh & Glasgow, and Caledonian Railways by Measom, George
- Tennant's Stalk. The story of the Tennants of the Glen by Crathorne, Nancy, with Katharine Elliot & James Dugdale